Institutions train for outbreaks. They build networks. They model scenarios. They use AI for this.
We read the patterns. We use AI for this.
The tools are symmetrical. This is not a claim about intent. It is an observation about structure — and about who gets counted in that structure.
There’s a moment when it becomes clear just how absurd the game is. You put an AI assistant on a problem. It gets it wrong. Confidently. Over and over. Your production environment is down for 40 minutes. And at the end of the month, you get the bill — for the tool that caused the damage.
Who decides what counts as hate speech on the German internet? And who pays for it? A look at the Alfred Landecker Foundation reveals a network that simultaneously funds Germany’s most influential “extremism monitor” — and an AI designed to detect hate speech automatically.
We Know This Playbook # There is a script. We have seen it play out several times in recent years. A technology is presented as inevitable. Critics are marginalized. Regulators nod along. And by the time the public wakes up, the infrastructure is already built.
Zuckerberg Buries His Billion-Dollar Bet. The Only Surprise Is That Anyone Is Surprised. # On June 15, 2026, Horizon Worlds VR will be shut down. No more building, publishing, or updating VR worlds. Reality Labs laid off over 1,000 employees in early 2026, internal VR studios were closed. Losses to date: 80 billion dollars [1].
For about a week now, a question has been circulating on X, Instagram, Telegram, and Bluesky: Is Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dead? A viral video with a seemingly six-fingered hand, sudden social media silence, and a deleted tweet set the rumor mill spinning. What’s behind it?
Germany’s public broadcaster demands whistleblower protection – as long as it doesn’t affect their own network
There are moments when institutions expose themselves so thoroughly that all you can do as an observer is sit back in disbelief. Germany’s ZDF just delivered one such moment – a double one, at that.
The Stasi, the Ministry for State Security of the GDR, was a symbol of total surveillance and oppression. With a vast network of official and unofficial collaborators, it infiltrated the most intimate areas of citizens’ lives. But what was once considered the epitome of a surveillance state now seems almost primitive compared to what Big Tech and artificial intelligence (AI) have made possible.
Thesis # ELIZA in 1970 was a toy – a mirror in a cardboard frame. ChatGPT in 2025 is a distorted mirror with a golden edge. Not more intelligent – just bigger, better trained, better disguised.
The “Best” AI Models in the World: A Reality Check # Everyone talks about the AI revolution. Superintelligence around the corner. AGI any day now. But what do the actual benchmarks say when we look at standardized testing across 171+ different tasks?
There are two dominant narratives about Large Language Models:
Narrative 1: “AI is magic and will replace us all!” → Exaggerated, creates hype and fear
Narrative 2: “AI is dumb and useless!” → Ignorant, misses real value
